Global Climate March Kicks off Climate Talks

November 29, 2015 | 00:00

Global Climate March Kicks off Climate Talks

Around the world people gathered in the streets to demand climate justice.
Kicking off the planet-wide actions were the Australians.
At least 45,000 people marched through #Sydney today sending a HUGE message to our leaders!! #peoplesclimate pic.twitter.com/yQbPy4Dm0c— AYCC (@AYCC) November 29, 2015
In London a reported 50.000 people joined the march.
Tens of thousands march for climate action in central #London: https://t.co/dZdDaBbq...

Around the world people gathered in the streets to demand climate justice.

In Paris the Global Climate March was cancelled due to security concerns after the November 13 attacks. To express their call for climate justice, citizens placed pairs of shoes at the Place de la Republique. Emma Ruby-Sachs, Executive Director of the online campaigning organisation Avaaz, explains the symbolic action.

Both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis placed a pair of their shoes in solidarity.